Energy Flow in Food Webs: How Penguins Select Prey

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Classroom Material
Keywords
Nature life science WNET Nat36 Gordon Buchanan Animals With Cameras Rory Wilson penguins chicks feeding ground anchovies food webs population dynamics ecosystem energy dive shrimp squat lobster lobster krill data analysis prey ecosystem energy dynamics trophic levels marine ecosystems
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Science
Grade Levels
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Post-Secondary
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Energy Flow in Food Webs: How Penguins Select Prey

Students analyze data about penguin diving trips to capture prey in this media-rich lesson plan from WNET. Discover why penguin parents ignore other prey in their search for anchovies in this lesson plan from the NATURE mini-series Animals with Cameras. By the end of the lesson, students will have a basic understanding of how energy dynamics influence penguin hunting trips and the importance of prey options for penguin conservation.

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